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Hurricane Pali 2016

Category 2 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · January 7 to January 14, 2016

In the 24 hours to January 10, Pali's center moved only 14 miles while at tropical-storm strength or more, tied for the tenth-slowest day of movement in the eastern and central Pacific record. It became a hurricane on January 12, the earliest date in the calendar year for any of the 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. It reached hurricane strength as far south as 4.3°N, the lowest-latitude hurricane position of any eastern and central Pacific hurricane.

Track of Pali (2016) from the best-track record, coloured by strength0°N5°N10°N175°W170°WPeak 100 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 200 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Pali (2016) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Jan 7Jan 8Jan 9Jan 10Jan 11Jan 12Jan 13Jan 14mph
  1. First record (low) far out at sea, at 1.9°N, 171.7°W
  2. Tropical storm far out at sea, at 3.8°N, 171.1°W
  3. Hurricane far out at sea, at 8.2°N, 172.0°W
  4. Peak, 100 mph far out at sea, at 6.4°N, 171.2°W; lowest pressure 978 mb
  5. No longer tropical (low) far out at sea, at 2.3°N, 172.5°W
  6. Last record far out at sea, at 2.3°N, 172.5°W

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind100 mph · tied 323rd of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure978 mb · tied 265th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy9.0 · 333rd of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone7.2 days · tied 285th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2016 season

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Storm 1 of 23 in 2016, hurricane 1 of 14; it formed before One. Pali produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint ninth by peak wind. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Lihue, Hawaii, 1,246 miles from the center on January 12 (Category 1 hurricane stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Lihue, Hawaii

Also peaked at 100 mph

Of 27 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Halola (2015)959 mb, no landfall record
  • Miriam (2018)974 mb, no landfall record
  • Irwin (2011)976 mb, no landfall record
  • Kay (2022)968 mb, landfall in Baja California Sur